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Sarah Hawkes MBBS PhD
Reader in Global Health
UCL Centre for International Health and Development
Institute of Child Health
30 Guilford Street
London WC1N 1EH
t: +44 (0)207 905 2120
f: +44 (0)207 404 2062
s.hawkes@ucl.ac.uk
Expertise:
Sexual health, gender and rights (with a focus on South Asia); public health strategies for sexual health; the use of evidence in policy-making.
Biography: Trained in sociology and medicine at UCL, and a PhD in epidemiology of STIs/RTIs in Bangladesh at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Sarah has lived and worked for most of the past 15 years in south Asia (Bangladesh, India and Pakistan) where she has focused on gathering evidence and building capacity for sexual health programmes. She works closely with national Governments (Pakistan, India, China, Iran, Nepal) as well as with local and international NGOs in south Asia. With colleagues at the World Health Organization, Sarah is responsible for the co-ordination of a global investment case to eliminate congenital syphilis. She has a particular interest in gender and sexual health, and is especially interested in understanding men's sexual health in south Asia. Sarah has conducted extensive research on gender-based violence in south Asia, with a particular focus on violence against women who are marginalised outside of mainstream society. Within the Institute for Global Health Sarah leads the theme on the use of empirical evidence in policy decisions, and liaises with colleagues in UCL Public Policy in the development of research tools in this area. Sarah is currently co-organising a UCL colloquium on Law and Global Health, to be held in July 2012.
